The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artefact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum’s curators, for whom it is a precious resource, used on an almost daily basis.

In collaboration with the Museum, Seaforth is undertaking the first publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive hand-written annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colours that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations.

The sixth volume of the series covers all submarines up to 1939, torpedo gun vessels, the diverse types of gunboat (from masted gun vessels through coastal ‘flat-irons’ to river patrol craft), and sloops of various descriptions.

This is a publishing event of the utmost importance for every enthusiast and ship modeller, who for the first time will be able to own a copy of a unique and invaluable reference work.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction to the Richard Perkins Collection by Andrew Choong
• Publisher’s Note
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• THE PERKINS IDENTIFICATION ALBUMS – VOLUME VI: SUBMARINES, GUNBOATS, GUN VESSELS AND SLOOPS, 1860–1939
• List of Ships included in this Volume*
• SUBMARINES
  • Holland 1 to 5
  • A1 to 13
  • B1 to 11
  • C1 to 18
  • C19 to 38
  • D1 to 8
  • E class
  • Nautilus (N1)
  • Swordfish
  • S1 to 3
  • W1 to 4
  • F1 to 3
  • V1 to 4
  • G1 to 14
  • Early ‘H’ class
  • Later ‘H’ class
  • ‘J’ class (J1 to 6)
  • J7
  • ‘K’ class
  • K26
  • ‘L’ class
  • Later ‘L’ class
  • ‘R’ class
  • ‘M’ class
  • X1
  • O1 (Oberon)
  • Otway class
  • ‘O’ class
  • Parthian class
  • Rainbow class
  • ‘S’ class
  • Later ‘S’ class
  • ‘U’ class
  • Thames class
  • Cachalot class
  • ‘T’ class
• TORPEDO GUNBOATS
  • Rattlesnake
  • Grasshopper class
  • Assaye and Alarm classes
  • Speedy
  • Dryad class
• RIVER GUNBOATS
  • Adventure (sketch only)
  • Pioneer and Waikato
  • Kenia
  • Mosquito and Herald
  • Benue and Imperial
  • Bhamo and Pagan
  • Empire and Liberty
  • Kampala, Kapelli, Karonga, Sarota and Valiant
  • Miscellaneous paddle gunboats
  • Miscellaneous screw gunboats
  • Egyptian river gunboats
  • Melik class
  • Kinsha
  • Heron class
  • Woodcock class
  • Moorhen class
  • ‘Fly’ class
  • ‘Insect’ class
  • Gannet class
  • Falcon
  • Robin class
    • Scorpion
• ARMOURED GUNBOATS
  • Viper class
  • Waterwitch
• SLOOPS, GUN VESSELS AND MASTED GUNBOATS
  • Eclipse class sloops/gun vessels
  • Columbine class sloops
  • Cormorant class sloops/gun vessels
  • Cygnet class gun vessels
  • Avon class gun vessels
  • Bittern class gun vessels
  • Frolic class gun vessels
  • Ariel class gunboats 2nd Class
  • Albatross class sloops
  • Cormorant class sloops
  • Arab class gun vessels
  • Condor class gun vessels
  • Linnet class gun vessels 2nd Class
  • Algerine class gun vessels 2nd Class
  • Dolphin class sloops
  • Acorn class sloops
  • Banterer class gunboats 2nd Class
  • Albacore class gunboats 2nd Class
  • Curlew class torpedo gunboats
  • Bramble class gunboats 1st Class
  • Partridge class gunboats 1st Class
  • Goldfinch class gunboats 1st Class
  • Basilisk class sloops
  • Buzzard class sloops
  • Swallow sloop
  • Alert class sloops
  • Cadmus class sloops
  • Bramble class gunboats 1st Class
• GUNBOATS 3rd CLASS (‘FLATIRON’ TYPE)
  • Staunch
  • Plucky
  • Ant and Bouncer classes
  • Drudge and Handy
• AUSTRALIAN STATE GUNBOATS
  • Albert and Batman class
  • Gayundah class
  • Gannet
  • Victoria
  • Protector
• GUNBOATS 3rd CLASS (MASTED TYPE)
  • Dee class